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The social construction of literacy / edited by Jenny Cook-Gumperz.

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 25Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521819633 (hbk.) :
  • 0521819636 (hbk.) :
  • 0521525675 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P40.5.L58 S67 2006
Contents:
1. The social construction of literacy / Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- 2. Literacy and schooling : an unchanging equation? / Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- 3. Interactional sociolinguistics in the study of schooling / John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- 4. The language experience of children at home and at school / Gordon Wells -- 5. Narrative presentations : an oral preparation for literacy with first graders / Sarah Michaels -- 6. Differential instruction in reading groups / James Collins -- 7. Organizational constraints on reading group mobility / Donna Eder -- 8. Developing mathematical literacy in a bilingual classroom / Douglas R. Campbell -- 9. Spoken language strategies and reading acquisition / Herbert D. Simons and Sandra Murphy -- 10. Speaking and writing : discourse strategies and the acquisition of literacy / James Collins and Sarah Michaels -- 11. The implicit discourse genres of standardized testing : what verbal analogy items require of test takers / Mary Catherine O'Connor.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection P 40.5 .L58 S67 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Copy Type:01 - Books Available 600899

Includes bibliographical references (p.[288]-310) and indexes.

1. The social construction of literacy / Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- 2. Literacy and schooling : an unchanging equation? / Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- 3. Interactional sociolinguistics in the study of schooling / John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- 4. The language experience of children at home and at school / Gordon Wells -- 5. Narrative presentations : an oral preparation for literacy with first graders / Sarah Michaels -- 6. Differential instruction in reading groups / James Collins -- 7. Organizational constraints on reading group mobility / Donna Eder -- 8. Developing mathematical literacy in a bilingual classroom / Douglas R. Campbell -- 9. Spoken language strategies and reading acquisition / Herbert D. Simons and Sandra Murphy -- 10. Speaking and writing : discourse strategies and the acquisition of literacy / James Collins and Sarah Michaels -- 11. The implicit discourse genres of standardized testing : what verbal analogy items require of test takers / Mary Catherine O'Connor.

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